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Ansible vault example 2018-02-21 Getting started with ansible vault
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Editing a protected file

Here is how to edit a vault protected file : {{< highlight sh >}} ansible-vault edit hostvars/blah.yml {{< / highlight >}}

Using a vault entry in a task or a jinja template

It is as simple as using any variable : {{< highlight yaml >}}

  • copy: path: /etc/ssl/private.key mode: 0400 content: '{{ ssl_key }}' {{< / highlight >}}

How to specify multiple lines entries

This is actually a yaml question, not a vault one but since I ask myself this frequently in this context here is how to put a multiple lines entry like a private key in vault (for a simple value, just don't use a |):

{{< highlight yaml >}} ssl_key : | ----- BEGIN PRIVATE KEY ----- blahblahblah blahblahblah ----- END PRIVATE KEY ----- {{< /highlight >}}

How to run playbooks when vault values are needed

To run a playbook, you will need to pass the --ask-vault argument or to export a ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE=/home/julien/.vault_pass.txt variable (the file needs to contain a single line with your vault password here).

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